Hands up if you eat the daily recommended amount of vegetables? If you answered ‘yes’ with all five fingers for the five recommended serves, you’d be among the very few who do.* In Queensland, as many as 93 per cent…

…to see a ban on smoking in multi-unit dwellings – including apartments, units, boarding houses and hostels. “Our concern is particularly high for children and socio-economically disadvantaged Queenslanders affected by high rates of smoking, and second and third-hand smoke. “One…

…(although noting that the absolute risk remains small). The study results were also novel in that we demonstrated the risk of deaths from diseases other than cancer was significantly higher among patients who received more intensive treatment compared to those…

Highly focused, precisely targeted radiation therapy done as a single day treatment.

…have moderate-severe to severe sun damage on most body sites.There was large variation in the pattern of sun damage among the study participants. For example: A higher proportion of woman had severe photodamage on the arms. A higher proportion of…

…higher. Groups with higher smoking rates include: Low income and unemployed people Single parents People with a mental illness People with alcohol or drug addictions Homeless people or those with poor or unstable housing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people…

The use of high-energy radioactive beams to kill cancer cells or injure them so they cannot multiply. The beams of radiation are directed at the cancer from a machine.

A type of external radiation therapy that uses a computer to shape the radiation beams to the shape of the tumour. This delivers high doses of radiation to the tumour while sparing the normal tissues as much as possible. Beams…